Re: Economics (Was: the free software paradigm)


Duncan Rose wrote:

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As a thought experiment, perhaps we could consider where we'll be
assuming that AI is a solved problem, and robots with capabilities
exceeding our own actually exist -- who then will own the wealth? It'll
probably be the people that own the robots, but the robots are likely
to be horrendously expensive initially, so I doubt it will be the
current poor. Will we have the will and the ability to change the way
we distribute and measure wealth in our societies at such a time, once
all 'work' is performed by automatons?

-Duncan

ps. Hrm. I'm sure I was trying to make a point with that robot thing at
the end, but on rereading prior to posting it seems out of place. Oh
well, I'll leave it in and hope whatever it was comes back to me later
on...


I remembered; the point I was trying to make was that at some point it
seems likely we'll have to totally reevaluate our ideas of what has
worth and what does not; in effect we'll end up 'paying' people for
doing pretty much whatever pleases them (maybe). If we can do that in
the future there's no reason we can't be putting the framework in place
for doing it NOW (i.e. starting a process of redefining what society
considers to be worth rewarding).

-Duncan


-- Don
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